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November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The use of a publicly available online report of physician-level data on the choice of primary care provider (PCP) among new members to the HealthPlus of Michigan health plan was assessed in this study.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Physicians cite different motivating factors as reasons why they choose–or do not choose–to work in medically underserved areas.
May 5, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to characterize the professional experience of international medical graduate physicians in the United States found that they experience workplace discrimination expect professional limitations experience challenges transitioning to U.S. culture and medical practice and bring unique skills to their work.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This analysis of market-level Medicare spending data between 1995 and 2005 reveals that the proportion of primary care physicians (PCPs) is not associated with spending growth.
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Although brief primary care alcohol counseling has been shown to benefit patients with alcohol misuse and providers generally believe that addressing alcohol misuse is an important clinical responsibility, rates of alcohol counseling are low. This q ...
December 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Long-term maintenance care is needed to prevent recurrence of problematic alcohol use, yet primary care physicians receive little guidance about working with patients who have moderated or stopped their drinking. In the present pilot study, the auth ...
April 19, 2005 | Journal Article
This article discusses the essential role of primary care within the United States from a systems view. Three general functions of the primary care system are discussed including triage of undifferentiated symptoms, improving the efficiency and appr ...
April 19, 2005 | Journal Article
The complexity of the United States health care delivery system presents specific difficulties for the provision of coordinated care. In 2003, the RWJF Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars program began a review of the state of coordinated care and implications for the future of generalist research, education and practice.
October 15, 2008 | Journal Article
This article assesses physicians' knowledge of consumer-directed health plans and ability to care for patients enrolled in such plans. Enrollment in consumer-directed health plans has grown rapidly in recent years but little is known about physician readiness to respond to a consumer-directed system.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Clinicians often have an intuitive understanding of how their relationships with patients foster healing. The aim of this study was to create a model that identifies how these relationships are developed and maintained.